Uri attack probe is on but Pakistan rejects evidence of its involvement

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Pakistan has rejected evidence pointing fingers at it for Uri terror attack.

Interior minister Chaudhary Nisar Khan said that evidence was not conclusive.

India has offered to share DNA samples and fingerprints of terrorists killed in Uri and Poonch.

Pakistan's interior minister Chaudhary Nisar Khan.

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Pakistan has rejected evidence pointing fingers at it for Uri terror attack.

Interior minister Chaudhary Nisar Khan said that evidence was not conclusive.

India has offered to share DNA samples and fingerprints of terrorists killed in Uri and Poonch.

Even though, the National Investigation Agency is probing the Uri attack, Pakistan's interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected the evidence implicating the country. The officials involved in the investigation found Pakistani markings on weapons, food packets and medicines recovered f

Even though, the National Investigation Agency is probing the Uri attack, Pakistan's interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected the evidence implicating the country. The officials involved in the investigation found Pakistani markings on weapons, food packets and medicines recovered from the terrorists, but Islamabad is in denial.

"The Indians themselves don't have any evidence, so what sort of investigation can Pakistan carry out? They have put the blame on us just to defame Pakistan," Nisar Khan told the reporters in Islamabad.

Nisar Khan further said, "Even their DGMO rejected the statement attributed to him regarding evidence against Pakistan," adding, "So Pakistan has nothing to answer. Whatever clarifications are required, have to be given by India."

Eighteen jawans had lost their lives in Uri attack on September, 18. All the four terrorists were killed by in retaliatory action by the army.

Investigator found definite imprint of Pakistan's hand behind the worst terror attack on army camp in decades. With evidence clearly indicating towards Pakistan, foreign secretary S Jaishankar on Wednesday summoned its high commissioner to India, Abdul Basit to register protest.

Jaishankar reminded Basit of Pakistan's commitment to ensure that its soil wouldn't be allowed to be used for anti-India terror acts. The foreign secretary also offered to give evidence of Pakistani hand behind Uri attack by sharing DNA samples and fingerprint details of the terrorists killed by the forces.

Pakistan has been defiant in its denial about harbouring terror outfits that have anti-India objectives. From its prime minister to high commissioner, everyone has been denied cross LoC role in the attack.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's prime minister Nawaz Sharif repeated his Kashmir rant while blaming India for the Uri terrorist attack. On his way back from New York to Islamabad, he tried to draw a connection between the agitation in Kashmir and Uri attack.

"The Uri attack can be the reaction of the atrocities in Kashmir, as the close relatives and near and dear ones of those killed and blinded over the last two months were hurt and outraged," Sharif told reporters in London.

Interestingly, neither Sharif nor his interior minister or Pakistan's high commissioner accepted India's offer to hand over undeniable evidence in the form of DNA samples and fingerprints of the terrorists killed in Uri and Poonch.